H-1B Visa

The H-1B nonimmigrant visa may be issued to individuals who seek temporary entry in a specialty occupation as a professional. There are a maximum of 65,000 H-1B visas issued per fiscal year. The fiscal year starts with October 1 every year. Specialty occupations include accountant, computer analyst, engineer, financial analyst, scientist, architect or lawyer and many others. Please call and schedule a consultation for your employment based nonimmigrant visa case. When you are coming to your appointment in our office, please have with you the requested documents, click here for the documents needed list, and the completed questionnaires click here for the Alien Employee/Beneficiary Questionnaire and click here for the US Employer/Petitioner Questionnaire.


Spouse & Children
A spouse or unmarried child of an H-1B visa holder is entitled to an H-4 visa and the same length of stay as the principal.


Duration of the Visa
An H-1B is approved by USCIS for an initial period of up to three years. The maximum term of an H-1B visa is six years, including extensions. Further annual extensions are available for H-1B nonimmigrants whose green card application is pending with immigration.


Please call our office to schedule your in office or telephone consultation.


When you are coming to your appointment in our office, please have with you the requested documents and the completed questionnaires. Click here for the documents needed list. Click here for the Alien/Candidate Questionnaire and click here for the Employer Questionnaire. These documents and questionnaires are in PDF format. You can download Adobe Acrobat here.
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